Would someone please list the NAMES of all city employees who are making exactly the SAME rate of pay now that they were back when they supposedly had their salaries "frozen" a few years back???

 

ANYONE???

      If they only give us lip service this time we will have a financial catastrophe. Since the majority of them don't live in the city they will walk away and leave us to live with and clean up the mess. Let's hope and pray that they will use some integrity and straigthen our mess up now.

      Thanks for your observations.

          pn

     You've got me there. You are absolutely right. The thing about it is we talked about it just as strong back then but it fell on deaf ears.

           pn

      

           "We are talking trying to save significant $$ for a town that has no $$ to waste."

                                                                                                                                        Bill

 

            Bill,

                  You have hit the nail squarely on the head. Saving significant dollars for a town that has no dollars to waste is seriously demonstrated by the conversations at council last Tuesday night. "A 1.1 million dollar deficit talked down to $750,000, a potential 128 million dollars for Epa compliance over a number of years with threatened $1200 a year water and sewer bills, $250,000 to $400,000 for the Verdin deal, 10 to 15 million dollars for the Central State proposal, the police and fire chief saying they can't cut one penny, the enormous costs for public safety, etc.. I'm all for the Central State proposal and I'll tell you why another time. But pretty soon you get to thinking that someday we will run out of money and bonds and public safety and infrastructure repair, etc.. Folks, its time to get serious and do like Bill Becker says, "find another way". Bill Becker in my opinion knows more about the City of Middletown than anyone else I know. Whether he's talking about infrastructure, public safety or what ever, I want to always hear everything he's got to say. Not that I always agree with him.

                  Please everyone, think through the importance of privatizing and voice your opinion here and at City Council. Its past time.

                  Thank you.

                   Paul Nagy

                

 

 

 

Who cares if a few people in the water/sewer dept get "downsized."  No one cries for us in the private sector when some big employer swats away dozens of jobs like flies at a picnic.

 

We are talking trying to save significant $$ for a town that has no $$ to waste.

         I hope you are feeling better these days.

         Many cities that have privatized have been able to have the professional water/sewer operators negotiate the EPA conditions and prices way down. That is the result of their great, efficient expertise in these operations and probably their relationship with the EPA . I'm certain it would cost far less than what we are being told. Also, they have a vested interest to make certain it is cheaper. That , to me, is one of the great reasons I am interested in privatization. At a later date I intend to provide more detailed info and names of cities that have been more than satisfied by privatizing and the positive results of their dealing with both the State and Federal EPA. I'm also convinced that the combined sewer issue would be routine and they would be more efficient in streamlining the process if it is indeed necessary.  It is exactly those kind of issues that make privatization more desireable than the city operating the systems.

         Thanks for the inquiry.

          Paul Nagy